Here's Part 3.
Leaving the Divide area, we have the North portal of Waters Tunnel. I constructed the bore first, and built the wood portal facades from craft wood. CO 67 runs parallel.
Here is the cross section of it as viewed from my workbench area. The white rectangle with the knob is an access hatch so I can do track maintenance or rescue derailed equipment.
And, here is the South portal. Also in view is the trestle over Oil Creek.
Here, we have CO 67 and E. Bennett Ave. in the outskirts of Cripple Creek. CO 67 crosses the track, and Bennett passes the houses. I still have to build stairs and a few other things for the houses. The MT sheds are behind the houses.
Here are the MT engine sheds, etc. in Cripple Creek. The small, temporary depot in the foreground is going to be the site of a scratch-built, multi story depot.
The street/parking lot side of the real depot, as it stands today. This is what I plan to build where the temp. depot is.
Cripple Creek looking toward what would be West in real life. The mural is a work in progress. I intend to pain downtown Cripple Creek into it.
Poverty Gulch, which on this layout, marks the transition to Victor. You can see the rail bridge behind the double bridge that carries CO 67 into Victor.
Downtown Victor.
The line then leaves Victor, crosses the viaduct, passes thru the upper tunnel, and heads into the previously posted Rosemont area.
This concludes the photo dump, and shows the layout in its current state of construction. Hope you all enjoy!
